OrientalismA groundbreaking critique of the West's historical, cultural, and political perceptions of the East that is—decades after its first publication—one of the most important books written about our divided world. "Intellectual history on a high order ... and very exciting." —The New York Times In this wide-ranging, intellectually vigorous study, Said traces the origins of "orientalism" to the centuries-long period during which Europe dominated the Middle and Near East and, from its position of power, defined "the orient" simply as "other than" the occident. This entrenched view continues to dominate western ideas and, because it does not allow the East to represent itself, prevents true understanding. |
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... mind and centuries - old Islamic decline that only American power could reverse . Today , bookstores in the United States are filled with shabby screeds bearing screaming headlines about Islam and terror , Islam exposed , the Arab ...
... mind and centuries - old Islamic decline that only American power could reverse . Today , bookstores in the United States are filled with shabby screeds bearing screaming headlines about Islam and terror , Islam exposed , the Arab ...
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... mind - forg❜d manacles so as to be able to use one's mind historically and rationally for the purposes of reflec- tive understanding and genuine disclosure . Moreover , humanism is sustained by a sense of community with other ...
... mind - forg❜d manacles so as to be able to use one's mind historically and rationally for the purposes of reflec- tive understanding and genuine disclosure . Moreover , humanism is sustained by a sense of community with other ...
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... mind actively makes a place in it for a for- eign Other . And this creative making of a place for works that are otherwise alien and distant is the most important facet of the interpreter's philological mission . All this was obviously ...
... mind actively makes a place in it for a for- eign Other . And this creative making of a place for works that are otherwise alien and distant is the most important facet of the interpreter's philological mission . All this was obviously ...
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... mind that once sustained humanism as a historical discipline have almost disappeared . Instead of reading in the real sense of the word , our students today are often distracted by the fragmented knowledge available on the internet and ...
... mind that once sustained humanism as a historical discipline have almost disappeared . Instead of reading in the real sense of the word , our students today are often distracted by the fragmented knowledge available on the internet and ...
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... basic distinction between East and West as the starting point for elaborate theories , epics , novels , social descriptions , and political accounts concerning the Orient , its people , customs , " mind , 2 ORIENTALISM.
... basic distinction between East and West as the starting point for elaborate theories , epics , novels , social descriptions , and political accounts concerning the Orient , its people , customs , " mind , 2 ORIENTALISM.
Contents
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Projects | 73 |
Crisis | 92 |
Redrawn Frontiers Redefined Issues Secularized | 113 |
Rational | 123 |
Pilgrims and Pilgrimages British and French | 166 |
Latent and Manifest Orientalism | 201 |
Orientalisms Worldliness | 226 |
Modern AngloFrench Orientalism in Fullest Flower | 255 |
The Latest Phase | 284 |
Afterword | 329 |
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